All Press Releases
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Volkswagen supports exhibition concept by ARCH+/SUMMACUMFEMMER/BÜRO JULIANE GREB for German Pavilion at 2023 Architecture Biennale in Venice
Volkswagen is the main partner of the curatorial team for the German Pavilion at the Biennale Architettura 2023 in Venice. The German Pavilion is being commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building. Volkswagen supports the concept for the German Pavilion, which focuses on the essential topic of sustainability, including the aspects of care, repair and maintenance.
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Volkswagen Group donates one million euros of emergency aid to help those affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria
Volkswagen AG and its Group brands are donating one million euros of emergency aid for the regions affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. The UNO-Flüchtlingshilfe e.V. and the German Red Cross (DRK) will receive 500,000 euros of the donation each. The Volkswagen Group, together with the Group Works Council are also calling on employees to contribute to the donations to help those affected by the earthquake.
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Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez and Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume meet to discuss Spain´s role in the Electrification of the Automotive Industry
The Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, and Volkswagen Group CEO Oliver Blume met today in Madrid to discuss a wide-ranging investment plan that will help transform Spain into an industrial hub for electric mobility.
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Change at the top of the Charging and Energy Business Unit
Elke Temme, who leads the Charging and Energy Business Unit with the brands Elli and Electrify America and bundles the Group's global activities on charging infrastructure and energy services within the Group's Technology Division, is stepping down from her duties with immediate effect. For private reasons, Temme is taking a three-month sabbatical and will then be available to the company part time until the end of the year. The new SVP Charging and Energy will be Giovanni Palazzo, who is responsible for the North American DC-charging network Electrify America as President and CEO since 2018. Due to this change he will become chairman of the Electrify America board effective February 15, 2023.
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Volkswagen mourns the loss of Sally Perel
Sally Perel passed away in Tel Aviv yesterday, aged 97. Volkswagen AG mourns the loss of an important eyewitness who, until his death, never tired of warning against false ideals. Sally Perel consistently campaigned for respect and tolerance, for a peaceful coexistence, and for respect for all human beings. Into advanced age he travelled throughout Germany, Europe and the world, primarily to call the younger generation to critical, independent thinking, and to fight against exclusion and violence.
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„Driven by Dreams. 75 Jahre Porsche Sportwagen“– neue Ausstellung im DRIVE. Volkswagen Group Forum
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Holocaust-Gedenktag: Volkswagen Mitarbeiter gedenken im Werk Wolfsburg der Opfer des Nationalsozialismus
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Volkswagen Group has already set up more than 15,000 HPC points around the world
The Volkswagen Group has just completed an interim assessment of its global network of fast-charging points around the world: At the end of 2022, more than one-third of the 45,000 high-power charging (HPC) points that the company plans to install had been connected to the network – a total of about 15,000 fast chargers with a charging capacity of up to 350 kW. At Power Day 2021, the Group announced its plan to become the first international car manufacturer that would create a global HPC network that all electric vehicles could use as part of an alliance with the company’s partners. Under this plan, about 10,000 HPC points are to be operating in Europe and up to 25,000 around the world by the end of 2023.
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Holocaust Remembrance Day: Volkswagen commemorates the victims of Nazism
Volkswagen is going to commemorate the victims of the Nazi regime on Friday, January 27, 2023, the International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the Memorial Day for the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp. By acting as partner of the exhibition “Sixteen objects – Seventy Years of Yad Vashem” in Berlin and holding memorial ceremonies at Auschwitz and at the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg, the Group honors the memory and calls for public remembrance and tribute to the victims.
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"Carl Hahn was, is and will remain an integral part of the Volkswagen family"
Prof. Dr. Carl Horst Hahn has passed away. As Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG and member of the supervisory board for numerous national and international companies, Carl Hahn was one of the most important European entrepreneurs. He had a lasting impact on the Volkswagen Group and its suppliers, but also assumed long-term responsibility for the communities he lived in.
